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NCLEX Nutrition
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
protein
one week period
day week or month
trans fatty acid
2. Fats can lead to some medical problems
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
3. What is the function of vitamin E?
500 cal/day
protein
18-25
antioxidant - immune function
4. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
2.5 cups
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
protein
5. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
can consume more calories without weight gain
4 calories/gram
transferrin
6. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
carrots and sweet potatoes
protein
TPN total parenteral nutrition
500 cal/day
7. How many calories/gram is protein?
B and C
liver and intestinal synthesis
4 calories/gram
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
8. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
9. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
carrots and sweet potatoes
10. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
6 oz. a day
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
pregnant women or elderly
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
11. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
one tspn salt or less
protein
500 cal/day
12. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
rickets - osteomalacia
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
day week or month
13. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
diet recall
18-25
2 cups
hemoglobin
14. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
TPN total parenteral nutrition
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
protein
pregnant women or elderly
15. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
protein
B and C
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
16. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
trans fatty acid
low albumin levels < 3.4
protein
17. When does BMR increase?
300 cal/day increase
hemorrhage
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
18. Name six sources of grains
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
apple is higher risk than a pear
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
19. What function is vitamin A?
protein
decrease in total lymphocyte count
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
one week period
20. What is the function of vitamin C?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
transferrin
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
21. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
hemoglobin
one tspn salt or less
18-25
decrease in total lymphocyte count
22. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
review of systems
apple is higher risk than a pear
23. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
4 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
24. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
prealbumin levels
2 cups
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
protein
25. If patient. is deficient with this vitamin - what foods will help scurvy or bleeding gums?
vitamin C - citrus fruits
atrophy or wasting of muscle
vitamin K
6 oz. a day
26. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
cream cheese - cream or butter
diet recall
fats
carrots and sweet potatoes
27. What problem may occur if vitamin K deficient?
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
hemorrhage
28. Where can you get more vitamin D?
dairy and fortified foods
3 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
hemoglobin
29. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
dark green - orange - drybeans
one week period
essential amino acids
pregnant women or elderly
30. When does BMR decrease?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
apple is higher risk than a pear
cream cheese - cream or butter
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
31. What function is vitamin D?
dark green - orange - drybeans
starches - sugars - and cellulose
review of systems
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
32. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
dark green - orange - drybeans
dairy and fortified foods
apple is higher risk than a pear
fats
33. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
fat soluble vitamins
fats
5.5 ounces/day
34. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
milk - enriched grains
35. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
dairy and fortified foods
one week period
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
36. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
fat soluble vitamins
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
transferrin
2 cups
37. What does DASH stand for?
atrophy or wasting of muscle
dietary approach to stop hypertension
18-25
4 calories/gram
38. What is normal BMI?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
18-25
39. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?
18-25
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
fats
pregnant women or elderly
40. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
atrophy or wasting of muscle
fats
cream cheese - cream or butter
vitamin K
41. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
transferrin
18-25
B and C
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
42. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
review of systems
6 oz. a day
albumin levels
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
43. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
18-25
fats
dark green - orange - drybeans
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
44. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
4 calories/gram
one week period
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
45. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
review of systems
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
46. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
hemoglobin
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pregnant women or elderly
47. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
carrots and sweet potatoes
liver and intestinal synthesis
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
48. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
cream cheese - cream or butter
trans fatty acid
49. What foods have high quality protein?
one tspn salt or less
low albumin levels < 3.4
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
50. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment